Powerball @ $1.9B

[Dr. T is an alien]

Nov 9, 2022 12:12:54 GMT -5 Vice honcho room temperature said:

Nov 9, 2022 12:08:02 GMT -5 Dr. T is an alien said:

I mean, you can but you would have to be very careful about it.

For example, if I pointed out that there are people who have more money than they could possibly spend in their lifetime, it is not a stretch to say that they definitively do not need the superfluous money that they can never spend. Definitionally, they do not need it.

We can also discuss how we would attempt to spend a literal mountain of cash if we had it. I might decide that a social media company that I hate needs to go out of business, buy said business, start destroying its consumer and advertising base, talk about putting even viewing anything related to its product behind a paywall so that no one else even thinks about the company anymore, then shut it all down when it JUST WILL NOT STOP LOSING MONEY. That sounds fun.

Wait, that sounds like I'd either be really stupid or the world's most absurd supervillain.

Still how many jobs and lives can I inconvenience while doing so?

If we’re going by historical precedent…….maybe 7,500 jobs? I can’t quantify an estimate regarding the inconvenience factor involved.

[Cyno]

Good googly moogly that's a lot of money.

[Mike Strike]

I may not have won the lottery, but I just opened a hallowen pack of Skittles & found 7 purples inside. So who's the real winner afterall?

[Dr. T is an alien]

Nov 10, 2022 18:44:11 GMT -5 Mike Strike said:

I may not have won the lottery, but I just opened a hallowen pack of Skittles & found 7 purples inside. So who's the real winner afterall?

Pretty sure it’s still the guy who won $1.9B.